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Lakeland employee and WFSE steward Will Ash joins other demonstrators Monday outside of the governor's Eastern Washington offices at 1611 W. Indiana Ave. in Spokane.
By RYAN LANCASTER
Staff Reporter
A plan to mend state budgets by cutting institution costs would reduce Medical Lake's Lakeland Village to a small nursing facility while leaving Pine Lodge Correctional Center as is.
The first draft of a consultant's report, issued last week by the Office of Financial Management, says future needs for more minimum-security beds at female institutions requires Pine Lodge Correctional Center remain unchanged.
If the report's recommendations are followed, a new, 100-bed unit at Western Washington's Mission Creek facility would be utilized instead of reopening a Pi...
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